2291: [Part 2] How to Develop Patience: 6 Tips to Help You Become More Patient in Life by Sabrina of Budding Optimist

This is optimal living daily episode 2291 how to develop patients six tips to help you become more patient in life part two by Sabrina of budding optimist.com and I'm just a molic I'm reading a continuation from yesterday so recommend listening to yesterday's episode first if you're new here or skipping around that's episode 2290 but if you're all caught up let's get right to part two and continue optimizing your life how to develop patients six tips to help you become more patient in life part two by Sabrina of budding optimist.com Number three learn to reframe the situation. Laura didn't expect the line up at the passport office to be this long judging by the sheer number of board faces sitting in the waiting room she could tell this was going to be a half day if not all day affair anyone in her situation would have said this this line up is so long it's gonna take up so much time I'm already so busy as it is this is ridiculous that was exactly what popped into Laura's head at first but then she quickly changed gears and thought this instead why don't I use this time to catch up on some reading it might be a good thing because I can't seem to find the time to read. Well Laura did is a perfect example of reframing reframing is a technique that helps you look at a negative situation in a more positive light and when you're able to view a not so great situation from a more positive angle you'll accept it even embrace it with a more patient attitude so start practicing reframing it may feel unnatural at first but when you do this technique enough it becomes easier and easier to reframe bad situation into a more positive one. Number four do these activities to increase patients what if I told you could have fun while building your patients there are a variety of engaging activities and games out there that can help improve your patients.

Here are some ideas to get you started cooking baking bread especially building a terrarium legos knitting or crocheting sidoku online escape games painting scrapbooking gardening and fishing. Number five practice delaying gratification when you delay gratification you're saying no to instant pleasure in order to achieve a long-term goal or gain an even better reward up ahead when you resist the lure of instant gratification not only are you exercising your patients muscles you're giving yourself control a good workout as well so what are some ways you can practice delaying gratification in your daily life. Get a pack of your favorite snack and hold off on eating it until a special occasion like finishing a big work project plan a vacation months or even a year ahead and if you have a hobby you really enjoy hold off on doing it until you finish tours you don't like to do. Number six practice empathy it was Jason's first week on the job as a customer service representative for a phone company as he fumbled to look up the customer details while on his third call of the day it was obvious that the call was derailing what are you doing I've waited so long in the queue already why taking so long to look up my account the customer complained Jason was feeling the heat.

I'm sorry sir please bear with me just a bit longer it's my first week on the job and I'm still learning the system and just like that there was a shift in the air but customers voice often that he said oh in that case take your time by telling the customer that he was new to the job Jason evoked empathy in his impatient customer everyone's been there navigating a new environment having to learn new things under pressure and feeling like a fish out of water in that moment the customer could relate to how Jason was feeling and that strong sense of I can understand what you're going through helps break the customers in patients circuit empathy helps to see things from someone else's point of view and understand where they're coming from. Not only makes us more tolerant but also more compassionate towards others the next time you start to feel impatient towards someone like how the customer was feeling towards Jason try to put yourself in their shoes maybe they're new and feeling overwhelmed maybe it's been a really tough day for them or maybe they've just received some unsettling news and can't concentrate practice empathy and your patients will grow. You just listen to part two of the post titled how to develop patients six tips to help you become more patient in life by Sabrina of budding optimist.com I'm constantly thinking about how to optimize my health what supplements to take hours of sleep what my diet should focus on. Superpower finally takes the guessing out of it one simple lab test covers over 100 biomarkers in their app gives you a complete picture of your heart liver hormones metabolism even environmental toxins plus it used to cost $499 right now it's just $199 and head to super power.com and use code old at checkout for an additional $20 off your membership.

They get Sabrina there were actually some really interesting ideas in here of things to try to increase patients some of these I am into or was at some point but the one that I kept thinking about that didn't come up again I'm going to sound like a broken record but it is what it is. The idea I expected to hear about patients was meditation that to me is the ultimate test of patients because you're doing something that's arguably incredibly boring usually just sitting there and doing nothing doesn't get much more boring than that now if you're doing a guided meditation or using an app and then yeah that's different but sitting and practicing meditation by yourself. Yeah that's a test in patients so just another one to add to the list that has ancillary benefits but in any case all decent ideas and I do think patients is something we could all work on because if we all had a bit more patients. I'm convinced we'd all be kinder in our day-to-day lives so if any of the ideas sound interesting to you definitely try them out let me know how it goes have a great rest of your weekend if you're listening in real time and I'll see you tomorrow for a minimalist Monday where your optimal life awaits.